Links
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Mirrorshades
Free online edition of the 1986 cyberpunk anthology: Gibson, Cadigan, Rucker, Bear, Sterling, etc. Not the most readable format however. (via @bruces@mastodon.social)
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30 Years of Writing on the Internet - Longreads
On how internet writing is never reviewed, or treated seriously, until it’s in book form. A bit like internet video not being as “proper” as TV. (via Web Curios)
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A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft | The New Yorker
On AI’s effect on programming, but also good just on enjoying writing code. (via everyone)
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Gale Walden · Diary: David’s Presence
On being a partner and friend to, and remembering, David Foster Wallace.
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TikTok teens aren’t stanning Osama bin Laden
Once again, we can only imagine journalists in big media outlets having this much clue about the internet.
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theprintspace | Art Printing | High Quality Photo Prints
Someone recommended this place for getting prints of photos, but I forget who.
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Brick Borrow
UK-based subscription LEGO set rental.
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Dutch Cycling Lifestyle
Every local newspaper will use this to generate hyperlocal rage bait, “An AI predicted what the High Street will look like when cars are banned”. (via Kottke)
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Mastering DOM manipulation with vanilla JavaScript — Phuoc Nguyen
Great collection of explained examples of how to do common things with JS. (via Michael Tsai)
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Wakamai Fondue, the tool that answers the question “what can my font do?”
Drop a font on it and it shows you lots of info about it, and displays its characters.
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Bunny Fonts | Explore Faster & GDPR friendly Fonts
“…designed as a privacy-friendly drop-in replacement for Google Fonts holding the same API format.” (via @007@mastodon.scot)
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Medieval Murder Maps
Zoomable, scrollable maps of medieval London, York and Oxford with locations and details of murders, deaths, etc. that took place. Nicely done.
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The Goldlist Method in a Nutshell by Lýdia Machová (PDF)
For learning foreign language vocabulary. Sounds like magic.
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Metafilter: 20+ years in, you think you know a site | Carrie Tian
Thoughtful reflections on growing up with the site. (via r/metafiltermeta)
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electric minds | virtual community center | profiled community
Just came across these 1996 quotes about Cyborganic too, which I particularly like for the descriptions of the homes/offices and their ethernet cabling.
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Welcome to the Cyborganic Gardens
Some broken links and images but nice to see it online still.
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Communities of innovation: Cyborganic and the birth of networked social media
PhD dissertation from 2008 by Jennifer Cool. The history of Cyborganic really starts around page 151. Much nostalgia from a distance.
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When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock | Science fiction books | The Guardian
I must have read this at the time (2011) but I just came across it again, so.
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HOW do the British eat peas? - forks prawns TheBritish | Ask MetaFilter
Even more entertaining than I expected.
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Why haven’t internet creators become superstars?
By David W. Marx. Part of my puzzlement that, for example, the world of The Guardian feels so entirely separate from internet culture.
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Please Please Just Fuck Off With This Bullshit: Lamacq & Whiley & The Lie Of ‘Britpop’
If you love a good rant, Neil Kulkarni has a good one for you…
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Educational Sensational Inspirational Foundational
“A historical record of foundational web development blog posts.” Some real classics there. (via Go Make Things)
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Longplay
iPhone and iOS app that focuses on playing albums. It’s very nice, and not expensive, but I wish there was a Mac version.
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Energy makes time | everything changes
Very nice but it does assume you know “whatever activity or habit leaves you more energized” that you’re not doing. (via Kottke)
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Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager
Looks like a much nicer alternative to the rather neglected Pinboard. Also run by one person. (via @ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)
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I was Russell Crowe’s stooge
A good read, by Jack Marx, from 2006. (via Kottke)
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[MeFi Site Update] August 16th | MetaTalk
Well put by bepe: “I am left feeling like I’m in a performance art piece or a psychology study or something. … How can it be that increased moderation is the continual goal, as site activity dwindles? It’s like being in an anarchist version of waiting for godot.”
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Creator economy platform costs
Calculator for the costs of newsletter/membership platforms.
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a clock where the time is in a song title
I had this exact idea a few years back and started collating songs to use but only got as far as 1:45am. (via Waxy)
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Carl and the cookie and the Web – MetaGrrrl
Dinah on your pal, Carl, and a cookie.